Knowledge Representation

Author: John F. Sowa
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book emphasizes the logical principles underlying various techniques and notations in artificial intelligence, database design, and object-oriented editing. Because it is an interdisciplinary field, the book also includes extensive knowledge of philosophy and linguistics. Each new concept is defined when it is first mentioned. All formal systems are discussed in the main text or summarized in the appendices. This classic textbook provides broad knowledge in the field of knowledge representation. As an acknowledged authority in this area, Sowa introduces new ideas while capturing the latest achievements in the discipline, integrating logic, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science into the process of transforming knowledge into its computable forms. This book emphasizes the logical principles underlying various techniques and notations in artificial intelligence, database design, and object-oriented editing. Because it is an interdisciplinary field, the book also includes extensive knowledge of philosophy and linguistics. Each new concept is defined when it is first mentioned. All formal systems are discussed in the main text or summarized in the appendices.